Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45363, Benjamin A Edwards, Mass.

SERVICE
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Mass.
Edwards, Benjamin A. S. 45363
CONTENTS
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45 363 Pay INVALID.
File No. 45-363
Benjamin A Edwards Prin Rev Year
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 148
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W. 330.
New York
Benjamin A. Edson
of Poodis in the State of N. York who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Porter of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 10 months.
inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 0 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of August 1821. -
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Nov. 1821. and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua, N. York.
arrears to 4th of Sept. 1821. 3. 64 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1822. 40. 00
\frac{10}{31} \frac{4}{30} -
$: 51 : 64
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
21 May 1820
Ontario County

- Applicant aged 64 yrs. - Wife, 64 yrs old - paralysed, & can't help her- self. - Gr: child, 12 yrs old - good health -
- Sched: 48.49 - —
- Proof of service for more than nine months, in Col: Porters Recd. in 1776 - —
21 st Oct r 1824
Adm l Hon. J. L. E.

Case of Benjamin A. Edwards
B. A. Edwards prior:
Col. Porter's Map. the Reef. 1776 - for 10 mo.
22. August 1821.
Stephen Phelps, Esq. Canandaigua N. York "

State of New York } Benjamin Wells aged sixty four years Ontario County ss } of Gorham in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that on the third day of March in the year seventeen seventy six he knew Benjamin A Edwards a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt Israel Chapin the regiment by Colonel Elisha Porter in the Massachusetts line that the said Benjamin A Edwards enlisted into the service for the term of ten months  months that this deponent left the said Edwards in Albany in the month of December following that this deponent served in the same company with the said Edwards and further this deponent saith not — Sworn & Subscribed this the 22 nd  Benj m Wells Day of June 1828 before me a Judge of the Court of common pleas in said County —
Albany Attest
State of New York } Nathaniel Benton aged seventy years County of Ontario ss } of the town of Seneca in the county and state aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that on the third day of March in the year seventeen hundred seventy six he knew Benjamin A Edwards a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt Israel Chapin in the regiment of Colonel Elisha Porter in the Massachusetts line and that the said Edwards with this deponent enlisted into said company to serve the term of ten months and that he knew him to be in said service more than nine months furthermore this deponent saith not his Nathaniel Benton Sworn & Subscribed this the 22 nd day of mark June 1828 before me a Judge of the Court of common pleas in said County Albany Attest

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss
On this twelfth day of August 1821 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Benjamin A. Edwards aged fifty four years, resident in the town of Scio in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820:
That he, the said Benjamin A. Edwards enlisted at Stockhampton, Massachusetts ,
in the month of February 1796 in the company commanded by capt  Israel Chapin , in the Regiment commanded by Col. Elisha Porter of the Massachusetts Line , and that he continued to serve in said corps until the month of December following, when by reason of ill health he recd a furlow from his officers at Albany and by reason of continued ill health, was unable to join his Regiment until the term of his enlistment expired, and that he continued to receive pay during the term of his enlistment, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except what is herewith transmitted.
Benj m A. Edwards
Sworn & subscribed this the 22 d day of August 1821 in open Court before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County
Moses Storler
Service Sageth me Sworn & Subs June 1821 before.

And in pursuance of the said Act of the 1st May, 1820, I, Benjamin A. Edwards do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
  part of a set of Joiners Tools (worn) $15.00  Stove 15.00  2 Hogs 3.57  $33 50    1 old pine Table 0.50  5 old Chairs 1.25  1 set old knives and forks 0.50  2 25    3 Iron spades 18c  1 pewter platter 50  1 Churn 1.00  2 plates 50    1 Barrel 37 1/2  1 pair tongs 25  1 knifer 19  1 kettle 3.50    1 Broken pot 25  1 Kettle 1.00  1 Trunk 2  1 Chest 2.00       3 00       45 49  
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a Joiner & Carpenter, and that by reason of age and infirmities incident thereto, am unable to perform little or no labor, and that my family consists of my wife aged sixty four years, unable to dress or assist herself, by reason of the St. Vitas dance, and my grand child aged twelve years, in good health, and that in part, I am obliged to depend on the charity of my neighbors for support. I swear to and declare on this 22 nd day of August 1821 in open Court, before me.
Benj. A. Edwards
Moses Atwater
(filed 22 nd August 1821)
a Judge of Ontario common pleas
I Gavin L. Nicholas clerk of the County of Ontario do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation), and the schedule annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is forty five dollars and forty nine cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 nd day of August 1821.
Gavin L. Nicholas
Clerk of the court for the County of Ontario